“It sounds like we love our city, we love where were from. It’s about damn time,” resident Jev Vaughn said.<\/p>\n
“It’s the best thing the city’s done since 1999,” Miguel Guzman said.<\/p>\n
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The iconic green lights outside Madison Square Garden have been replaced with basketballs, and the railings have been painted Knicks orange and blue.<\/p>\n
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And while the franchise’s first championship in 53 years is hardly a foregone conclusion<\/a>, there’s no doubt these Knicks not only have the respect of their opponents, the San Antonio Spurs<\/a>, but also the support of the vast majority of the Big Apple’s 8.5 million residents heading into Game 1 on the road on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n Look no further than the MTA stations outside of Madison Square Garden<\/a>. The iconic green lights have been replaced with basketballs, and the railings have been painted Knicks orange and blue.<\/p>\n “I think it’s awesome. It’s a really cute touch. I think it puts us in the basketball spirit,” Riddhi Bhattacharya said.<\/p>\n Pizza and Knicks basketball rule Carroll Gardens<\/p>\n Then there’s Prince Street Pizza in Carroll Gardens, Queens, which has been electrifying the block with outdoor watch parties<\/a> during the playoffs. A popular eatery by day then transforms as the sidewalk becomes the center of the show on game nights.<\/p>\n “It was a beautiful thing because it just kind of happened organically,” former owner Dominic Morano said. “We’re gonna be out here every night. We’re gonna be parked right here. I’m gonna have the TV out. We’re gonna have chairs. We’re gonna close it off. We’re gonna have pizza. We’re gonna have a good time.”<\/p>\n And Wing Bar right next door will be carrying the alcohol portion of the party for the playoff participants.<\/p>\n “We have a backyard of like 200 people, to people all the way out standing in the street. We can’t do anything about it, but they’re all out there,” one employee said.<\/p>\n Bedtime officially canceled<\/p>\n